First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA) Competitors

Hanover Bancorp (NASDAQ:HNVR) and First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, HNVR or FSEA?

Hanover Bancorp has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HNVR or FSEA?

Hanover Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hanover Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hanover Bancorp	$62.58M	2.71	$3.52M	$1.65	14.39
First Seacoast Bancorp	$8.74M	5.34	-$10.66M	-$1.89	-5.26

Is HNVR or FSEA more profitable?

Hanover Bancorp has a net margin of 8.39% compared to First Seacoast Bancorp's net margin of -35.93%. Hanover Bancorp's return on equity of 6.77% beat First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hanover Bancorp	8.39%	6.77%	0.54%
First Seacoast Bancorp	-35.93%	-13.41%	-1.49%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HNVR or FSEA?

First Seacoast Bancorp received 3 more outperform votes than Hanover Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Hanover Bancorp an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave First Seacoast Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hanover Bancorp	Outperform Votes 5 62.50%	Underperform Votes 3 37.50%
First Seacoast Bancorp	Outperform Votes 8 38.10%	Underperform Votes 13 61.90%

Does the media refer more to HNVR or FSEA?

In the previous week, Hanover Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled First Seacoast Bancorp'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hanover Bancorp	Neutral
First Seacoast Bancorp	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HNVR or FSEA?

15.0% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Hanover Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HNVR or FSEA?

Hanover Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.33%. Given Hanover Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hanover Bancorp is more favorable than First Seacoast Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hanover Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
First Seacoast Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Hanover Bancorp beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.